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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2007
    anyone ever play in one of those indoor/simulator places? what do you think of them?
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2007
    Okay... bumping this.

    I just picked up a 2006 Cleveland Hibore 10.5* w/ a Graffaloy Prolaunch Blue shaft...
    i slept with it instead of my g/f last night.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2007
    If anyone is interested in picking up a R7 quad with a superior upgraded stiff flex graphite shaft for around $100, let me know. I have two drivers and I need to get rid of one.
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2007
    loft? what did you upgrade the shaft to?
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2007
    8.5 loft. Fujikura Speeder 757 shaft.
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    Check this out, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/7/prweb408880.htm
    A 70,000 sq ft PGA golf store opening down the street. Effin fabulous. That store will shave at least three strokes off the handicap ;^).
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    As far as clubs, I have a set of these irons, http://www.miuragolf.com/
    The driver is a Titleist 983K, 8.5 degrees.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2007
    Shizelbs wrote:
    8.5 loft. Fujikura Speeder 757 shaft.

    Wow, you must have some serious club head speed to be hitting an 8.5er.:)
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2007
    wallstreet wrote:
    The driver is a Titleist 983K, 8.5 degrees.
    You use an 8.5's as well ,just curious what kind of swing speed you generating,and what is your average driving distance?
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    Swing speed is 110. A good drive goes 320. I've been playing since 5th grade.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2007
    wallstreet wrote:
    Swing speed is 110. A good drive goes 320.

    I hate you:D

    Not really just jealous.Im in the low 90's.:o
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2007
    Hi everyone!
    just bumping this. I know some of us are in the middle of winter but most golf courses don't mind if you go out and hack at a few despite the snow.


    okay i don't know about the above statement but i'd really like to keep this going.

    how does everyone clean their clubs and what kind of shoes do you all wear golfing?
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited February 2007
    Just got into it about a year and a half ago.

    Driver: Nike Ignite 460 10.5deg
    3 wood: Ignite 15deg
    3-pw: tommy armour hot scots
    Odyssey putter
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2007
    Finally got some good weather in Dallas after a very cool start to February. Hit up the linx with some friends yesterday. Great weather, and for not hardly hitting a ball since November (even my new Cleveland 8.5 460cc composite driver with Proforce V2 shaft and Scotty putter), I played pretty well.

    Shot a 90, which is good for me, and only lost three balls, which is easily a record. Pumped about playing this year now as it seems likely I can be a consistent high 80's guy by summer.

    Regarding the "what golf shoes do you wear?" question, I just got some sweet silver and blue Nike Air Max golf shoes on sale for $50 at Sports Authority. If you like the look, they are super comfortable.
    Stereo Rig: Hales Revelation 3, Musical Fidelity CD-Pre 24, Forte Model 3 amp, Lexicon RT-10 SACD, MMF-5 w/speedbox, Forte Model 2 Phono Pre, Cardas Crosslink, APC H15, URC MX-950, Lovan Stand
    Bedroom: Samsung HPR-4252, Toshiba HD-A2, HK 3480, Signal Cable, AQ speaker cable, Totem Dreamcatchers, SVS PB10-NSD, URC MX-850
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2007
    bump!

    picked upa Odyssey White Hot XG 2 Ball SRT putter tonight! it makes me so confident while lining up and stroking... not exactly cheap... but golf really isn't meant to be cheap i guess
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2007
    My next putter will probably be a 2 ball. I've played with one and they are very nice. When it came time to buy one, I went for an Odyssey GFX black insert and I wish I had gone with the white hot. I love the feel the white hots have. Like butter.
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2007
    yeah i tried that Scotty Cameron with the glowing green dots... but the ball just came off so fast and I felt like I had little to no control. The White Hot putters all seem to be silky smooth.
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    swerve wrote:
    Hi everyone!
    just bumping this. I know some of us are in the middle of winter but most golf courses don't mind if you go out and hack at a few despite the snow.


    okay i don't know about the above statement but i'd really like to keep this going.

    how does everyone clean their clubs and what kind of shoes do you all wear golfing?

    That's why I live in Texas. I've played twice in the last week (currently in between jobs), hit range balls, and I'm playing on Thursday. Sweeeeeet.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2007
    Where do you live in Texas, Wallstreet? I'm in North Dallas. . . maybe you can give me some lessons so I can hit the monster drive as well :)

    I'm happy to come play at your country club, if you are a member somewhere close (yes, I'm a golf mooooooch).
    Stereo Rig: Hales Revelation 3, Musical Fidelity CD-Pre 24, Forte Model 3 amp, Lexicon RT-10 SACD, MMF-5 w/speedbox, Forte Model 2 Phono Pre, Cardas Crosslink, APC H15, URC MX-950, Lovan Stand
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited February 2007
    I wear the DryJoys, very comfy and definitely live up to their name. How do y'all hit those 8.5* drivers? Had a Launcher 400 for awhile and wasn't consistent. Now I'm hitting a TaylorMade 540XD 9.5* with a Harman Tour Design graphite stiff shaft, Easier to control w/higher launch angle. Ball jumps off that club.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2007
    I've been using DryJoys as well. They are great, but they need to be replaced. Never had a moment of wet feet while I wore the DryJoys.
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    AndyGwis wrote:
    Where do you live in Texas, Wallstreet? I'm in North Dallas. . . maybe you can give me some lessons so I can hit the monster drive as well :)

    I'm happy to come play at your country club, if you are a member somewhere close (yes, I'm a golf mooooooch).

    I'm up in Mckinney. And no, I'm not a CC man. I'm like you and mooch off my neighbors. To hit long drives, it's all about club head speed. But before you go swinging hard like a mad man, check out how smooth the pros swing their drivers. It doesn't even look like they're trying and the ball goes 300.
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    daboyz wrote:
    I wear the DryJoys, very comfy and definitely live up to their name. How do y'all hit those 8.5* drivers? Had a Launcher 400 for awhile and wasn't consistent. Now I'm hitting a TaylorMade 540XD 9.5* with a Harman Tour Design graphite stiff shaft, Easier to control w/higher launch angle. Ball jumps off that club.
    If I had to do it over, I would go 9.5. It definitely gives a higher trajectory and longer carry. I can't tell you how many times a line drive catches the trap at 260.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited February 2007
    From my experience, hitting an 8.5 requires longer tees and the ball further up in your stance for most people. I only do that if I'm trying to fly a drive 275+

    Otherwise, I'll hit my driver from the same location as the rest of the clubs. (this is a change that led to a lot more consistancy)

    I'll typically hit drives in the 290-320 range with the latter configuration and 50-340+ in the former. Swing speed around 115 in the latter, 123 in the former (according to golf smiths machines anyway)
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2007
    A lot more golfers here than I ever knew...

    I've been playing since I was 14 (with a gift set of Sears and Roebucks)... so it's 40 years now. Minus a couple due to injury (tore the anterior labrum in my left shoulder... playing golf, of all things. :( )

    Now swinging almost all Calloway...
    Driver: GBB II (10 deg; firm graphite)
    "Woods" : 3 & 5 BB Warbirds (firm graphite)
    Irons: 3 - SW: Original BB's (that wide flange just fit my eye; steel stiff)
    Utility Wedge: 57 deg Spalding Trevino (angled grooves; great for firm sand)
    Putter: Odessey 772 (offset teardrop mallet)
    Ball: Nike Precision Distance (very good and very inexpensive)

    I regrip my own as well... Victory Tour Wraps.

    Took several lessons and years to unlearn all the bad things I adopted from the get-go. Lowest stroke index I ever managed to get to was a 10.3, but that was in tournament play in the Houston Amateur Golf Association (HAGA) of which I am a past president, among other positions.


    shack,
    Any chance of getting my pics photoshopped for that thread?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2007
    Tour2ma wrote:
    shack,
    Any chance of getting my pics photoshopped for that thread?

    I gave them to my daughter. Let me see if she's finished them yet. She leaves for Chicago on Wed. for a few days. If I can't get them before she leaves I'll make her get them done as soon as she gets back.
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited March 2007
    you all do any golf shopping online?
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited March 2007
    Hey wallstreet, have you ever played the Sawtooth course out at Chase Oaks off 75? I live in Allen and hit range balls out there a lot, but have never played their 9 hole course(well, 18 with the different tee boxes).

    Oh yeah,
    Adams GT2 irons
    Tight Lies rescue club(I don't remember which because I hardly use, haven't gotten the hang of it yet)
    Adams GT2 woods
    Callaway Driver (free from my father-in-law because he's a lefty, picking up this weekend)
    Adidas shoes (haven't tried these out either because I just found a pair in my size, return from Christmas)
    Adams wedges
    No name putter with a custom black and white horizontal paint job, looks like crap but it works for me.

    I'm not all that great, but I have lots of fun.
    I know just enough to be dangerous, but don't tell my wife, she thinks I'm a genius. :D

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    Here's my stuff.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited March 2007
    Swerve:

    I've done a lot of online shopping. If your looking to get setup for cheap and don't mind grey market, pinemeadowgolf.com is great. For legit brand names, golfsmith.com always comes to mind. There are tons of sites in between.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited March 2007
    Swerve, the only thing I buy locally is balls. I've had very good luck on the bay and at golfclubexchange.com. My bro likes the golfwarehouse.com.
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